Nichole Rued: A Smart Girl’s Guide to Boys

Things are always gearing up for that date, aren’t they, hetero friends? Those greasy, bloody, screaming gears. The gears you’ve always been in. Prepare, if you dare, with Nichole Rued’s blinding CNF hermit crab “A Smart Girl’s Guide to Boys (A Found Essay)”:

This essay originally appeared in SC #8.1, available in print and ebook formats at our storeRead on!

Jasmyn DiMeglio: How I Learned to Be Gay Here

It’s your place, Reader, to find how your place is yours, how you are of and in this place for as long as you are of and in it, so take heart in Jasmyn DiMeglio’s “How I Learned to Be Gay Here“:

This poem first appeared in SC 7.2, available in our shop as an ebookRead on!

Pınar Yaşar: The Future

Today’s share stung our hearts and knocked down our fences, Dear Reader, so know there is much beyond the borders worth knowing and knowing well. Here’s an Honorable Mention in our 2019 flash contest, Pınar Yaşar’s “The Future.”

This flash appears in Storm Cellar #8.2, nicknamed “Sisal,” available in delicious print and ebook editions in our store. Read on!